Autographic register



July 28, 1964 J. E. HOOK 3,142,497

AUTQGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Aug. 20, 1962 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

July 28, 1964 J. E. HOOK Au'i'ocRAPHIc REGISTER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FiledAug. 20. 1962 INVENTOR. 5M

-m mm o 3 mm 5 United States Patent "ice 3,142,497 AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTERJohn E. Hook, 221 Lucas St., Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Filed Aug.20, 1962, Ser. No. 217,843 12 Claims. (Cl. 28213) This inventionpertains to improvements in autographic registers and, moreparticularly, to improvements in cabinet structure and mechanism of suchregisters.

It is conventional practice to construct autographic registers bylocating a plurality of partitions in a housing that is somewhatcomplicated and therefore costly to produce. Carbon paper located insuch autographic registers is normally difficult to replace, one sheetof carbon paper normally being replaced at a time.

It is an object of this invention to provide an autographic registerproviding extremely inexpensive and simple method of manufacturing,complete register consisting basically of only two parts.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an autographicregister consisting basically of a housing and a single, easilyremovable partitioning means.

It is still a further object of this invention to provide an autographicregister containing removable partitioning means that is entirelyself-contained, this one partitioning means containing both used andunused forms removable from the housing in one operation.

It is another object of this invention to provide an autographicregister containing a simple partitioning member, one portion of whichmay act as a writing table for a plurality of forms.

It is still another object of this invention to provide an autographicregister containing partitioning means, folded out of one piece ofmaterial, providing compartment for unused forms and compartment forused forms, extremely simple retaining means for torn off individualsheets of used forms, being located at the entrance opening of thecompartment for such used forms.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an autographicregister having provision for accommodating and dispensing carbon paperin roll form.

It is still a further object of this invention to provide an autographicregister permitting utilization of a simplified form of locating eachindividual set of forms in writing position by utilization of crossperforations on such forms.

These and other objects and features of this invention will becomeapparent when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings inwhich:

FIG. 1 is a perspective view of one form of autographic registerutilizing the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a plan view of the autographic register shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 3 is a longitudinal cross-section of the autographic register shownin FIG. 2, taken on the line 3-3.

FIG. 4 is an end view of the autographic register as shown in FIG. 2taken in direction of arrow 4.

FIG. 5 is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of an alternative methodof utilizing the partitioning means of the present invention, taken onthe line 3-3 in FIG. 2.

FIG. 6 is a fractional, perspective view of an alternative method oftearing the forms.

Referring to FIGS. 1, 2 and 3, the example shown of an autographicregister utilizing the present invention includes a cabinet 10consisting of a top 11, downwardly depending side walls 12 and 13 frommarginal side edges of top 11, downwardly depending end walls 14 and 15from marginal end edges of top 11, end wall 15 being the rear wall, endwall 15 containing an opening 16 into upper part of cabinet 10, opening16 being defined by an upper edge 17 and a lower concavely curved edge18 pro- Patented July 28, 1964 viding a portion 19 of rear wall 15 oneither side of aperture 16, portion 19 being adapted to provide stopmeans for sheets located in upper portion of cabinet 1%) therebypreventing such sheets from inadvertently falling out thereof.

A double folded partitioning member 21) made up of one sheet of materialfolded in a Z form substantially as shown, is adapted to be removablyand pressurably located into cabinet 10 and maintained in cabinet 10 bymeans of knobs 21 located internally of cabinet 19 and correspondingindentations 22 located externally of partitioning member 20.

Through folding partitioning member 20 in the manner shown, supplycompartment 23 is adapted to receive a pack of folded endless forms 24,each form 24 consisting of a plurality of forms as shown at 25 and 26,forms 25 and 26 being adapted to progressively proceed over hairpin bend27 and along upper surface 28 of writing table 29 of partitioning member29, the locating of forms 25 and 26 in correct writing position beingaccomplished by locating means such as, for instance, shown in thisfigure in the form of stop pin 30 adapted to locate in correspondingholes 31 in forms 25 and 26.

Carbon paper 32 may be located between forms 25 and 26 by clip means 33retained in partitioning member 29 by a pin 34.

Alternative or supplementary stop means are shown in FIGS. 3 and 4located in opening 16 comprising an upwardly directed resilient stopmember 35 attached to upper surface of dividing partition 36 ofpartitioning member 20, a similar resilient, downwardly depending stopmember 37 being located underneath writing table 29, substantiallyadjacent stop member 35.

Closure portion 27a of partitioning member 20 may be made resilient andbiased upwards towards hairpin bend 27 to provide tensioning means onforms 25 and 26 to facilitate maintaining forms 25 and 26 in a stretchedout configuration on top of writing table 29.

Closure portion 27a may be made sufficiently flexible to permit foldingdown the extreme end thereof towards base portion 36a of partitioningmember 20 to facilitate insertion or removal of endless form pack 24.

Pins 30 may be made with a slightly oval-cross section, having thelongest axis of the oval parallel with the longitudinal direction ofautographic register 10 to facilitate insertion of pins 30 into roundhole 31 of forms 25 and 26.

A modified version of the present invention is shown in FIG. 5 whereZ-shaped partitioning member 38 has forward hair pin bend 39 of uppercompartment 40 formed to a substantially sharply protruding edge 41adapted to provide that upon endless forms 42 and 43 being pulled overedge 41 and over Writing table 44 until a transverse perforation onforms 42 and 43 reaches edge 41, at which time the operator will feel aslight stop in the forward motion of forms 42 and 43 due to suddenfolding of forms 42 and 43 as resistance to folding of the forms at theperforation location is considerably less than such resistance at otherlocations on forms 42'. and 43 whereby the operator is able to feel thatthe form now has been located in writing position and therefore does notpull this any further until he again requires a new form drawn out.

At forward end 45, bracket means may be located at each side of baseportion 46 of partitioning member 38 to hold a transverse container 47of pear shaped cross section having a transverse opening 48 at the upperend thereof situated substantially adjacent to forward hair pin bend 39of partitioning member 38, container 47 being adapted to receive areplaceable roll of carbon paper 49 one end 59 of roll 49 progressingthrough opening 48 and over writing table 44 between endless form 43progressing from storage chamber 51 adjacently along and around hair pinbend 39 and over writing table 44 directly beneath carbon paper 50.Second endless form 42 progresses simultaneously beneath and aroundcontainer 47 and over writing table 44 directly above carbon paper 50upon an operator pulling both forms at their extreme end 52 to locate anew set of forms in place for operation.

Upwardly biased spring 53 may be located on container 47 to providefurther tensioning of form 43 against partitioning member 38 in order tomake more pronounced the stop action of the perforated form over edge41.

FIG. 6 illustrates a method of facilitating tearing of the forms afterfilling these out, comprising a serrated tear off plate 54 hingeablylocated rearwardly of cabinet 10, providing resilience to the tearingoperation. Hinge portion 56 of plate 54 may be formed directly in theplastic and thereby provide elastic resiliency of plate 54.

Partitioning members 20 and 38 may be made with open sides, therebyfacilitating insertion or removal of form packs and used form sheets,method of operation of the automatic register being to forcibly removepartitioning member 20 or 38 from cabinet 10 by applying pressuredownwards on writing table 29 or 44 while holding up cabinet 10 wherebypartitioning member is forced out of the cabinet to expose open sides ofpartitioning member whereafter form pack and individual sheets of usedforms may be slidingly removed sideways out of the partitioning memberor slidingly inserted sideways into partitioning member. Carbon papermay be inserted or replaced upon removal of endless form and beforeinsertion of new endless form into the partitioning member, the sameapplying to replaceable rolls of carbon paper in FIG. 5.

Retaining means for carbon paper 50 may be provided by biasing two sidesof opening 48 of container 47 towards each other thereby providing thatextra pressure may be exerted upon upper form 42 through writing tableopening 29a in cabinet 10 whereby pull on ends 52 of forms 42 and 43will provide that a portion of carbon paper 50 is drawn out with forms42 and 43 to provide new carbon paper portion upon the utilized carbonpaper being worn out.

No locating pins are required in alternative method shown in FIG. forlocation of paper forms in writing position, this being accomplishedsolely through feeling the difference in pull upon transverseperforation reaching edge 41.

Referring to FIG. 5, outwardly extending tab means 57 is attached tospring 53, tab means 57 extending through slot 58 in side of cabinet toprovide manual release means for spring pressure applied by spring 53 onform 43 during insertion and removal of form packs from partitioningmember 38, or to ease tension on form 43 upon this being required.

The general design of the individual parts of the invention as explainedabove may be varied according to requirements in regards to manufactureand production thereof, while still remaining within the spirit andprinciple of the invention, without prejudicing the novelty thereof.

The embodiments of this invention in which an exclusive property orprivilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1. An autographic register, including a cabinet having a top anddownwardly depending side walls and end walls, a writing opening in saidtop, said cabinet having an open base, a Z-shaped partitioning memberadapted to be pressurably and removably received into said open base ofsaid cabinet, said partitioning member being adapted to be containedsubstantially entirely within said cabinet, said partitioning memberbeing formed out of one longitudinal sheet of material formed in adouble hair pin bend, upper portion of said partitioning member beingsubstantially horizontal and located directly adjacent and beneath saidwriting opening, said partitioning member having a central horizontalpartition joined to said writing table by a first hair pin bend, saidpartitioning member having a base portion joined to said central portionby a second hair pin bend located at opposite end of said partitioningmember in regard to said first hair pin bend, retaining means insidesaid cabinet adapted to cooperate with retaining means on saidpartitioning member to pressurably and removably retain saidpartitioning member in said cabinet, carbon paper retaining meanslocated in said partitioning member, a chamber formed between said baseportion and said central portion adapted to receive a pack of sets ofendless forms, and stop means located on said partitioning memberadapted to locate individual sets of said endless forms in writingposition, said writing plate and said central portion forming a storagechamber for used forms, and stop means adapted to permit insertion offorms through open end of said storage chamber for used forms yetprevent said used forms from inadvertently being discharged through saidopen end.

2. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which said stopmeans for said used forms comprises a resilient upwardly depending tablocated in said open end of said storage chamber, in cooperation with adownwardly depending resilient tab located adjacently said upwardlydepending tab.

3. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which said stopmeans for said used forms comprises an opening cut out of one end ofsaid cabinet directly adjacent said opening of said storage chamber forsaid used forms, said opening in said cabinet having an upper edgeparallel with said writing table portion, a concave curve extending fromone end of said horizontal edge to the other end of said horizontal edgethereby to provide that a portion of said rear wall of said cabinetobstruct a portion at each side of said storage chamber for said usedforms.

4. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which the extremeend of said base portion of said partitioning member is folded upwardstowards said first hair pin bend, said upwardly folded portion beingresiliently biased upwards towards said first hair pin bend to exertfriction force on said form progressing past said first hair pin bend.

5. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which said carbonretaining means comprises a transverse clamp having carbon paper clampedtherein, said transverse clamp having peg means adapted to removablyattach and hold said clamp means on said writing table portion.

6. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which said stopmeans for location of said form in said writing position consists of aplurality of upwardly depending pins located at extreme end of saidWriting table portion, said locating pins having an oval cross-section.

7. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which said firsthair pin bend provides a substantially sharp horizontal edge parallelwith the forward edge of said first hair pin bend, said stop means forlocation of said forms in said writing position being provided bycooperation of said sharp edge with transverse perforation in saidforms.

8. An autographic register, including a cabinet having a top anddownwardly depending side walls and end walls, a writing opening in saidtop, said cabinet having an open base, a Z-shaped partitioning memberadapted to be pressurably and removably received into said open base ofsaid cabinet, said partitioning member being adapted to be containedsubstantially entirely within said cabinet, said partitioning memberbeing formed out of one longitudinal sheet of material formed in adouble hair pin bend, upper portion of said partitioning member beingsubstantially horizontal and located directly adjacent and beneath saidwriting opening, said partitioning member having a central horizontalpartition joined to said writing table by a first hair pin bend, saidpartitioning member having a base portion joined to said central portionby a second hair pin bend located at opposite end of said partitioningmember in regard to said first hair pin bend, retaining means insidesaid cabinet adapted to cooperate with retaining means on saidpartitioning member to pressurably and removably retain saidpartitioning member in said cabinet, carbon paper retaining meanslocated in said partitioning member, a chamber formed between said baseportion and said central portion adapted to receive a pack of sets ofendless forms, and stop means located on said partitioning memberadapted to locate individual sets of said endless forms in writingposition, said writing plate and said central portion forming a storagechamber for used forms, and stop means adapted to permit insertion offorms through open end of said storage chamber for used forms yetprevent said used forms from inadvertently being discharged through saidopen end, said carbon paper means comprising container means attached toextreme end of said base plates of said partitioning member, saidcontainer means being located parallel with one end of said partitioningmember containing said first hair pin bend, a transverse opening locatedat an upper end of said container, said opening being parallel with anddirectly adjacent to said first hair pin bend, replaceable carbon paperroll means located in said container, one end of said carbon paper beingadapted to extend through said opening onto said writing table.

9. An autographic register as claimed in claim 8 in which said openingof said container has two sides of said opening pressurably biasedtowards each other.

10. An autographic register as claimed in claim 8 in which spring meansare attached to said container, said spring means being biased towardsat least one of said forms passing between said spring means and saidcentral portion of said partitioning means.

11. An autographic register as claimed in claim 1 in which serrated tearoff means are located at extreme end of said writing plate, saidserrated tear off means being resiliently attached to said Writingtable.

12. An autographic register as claimed in claim 8 in which spring meansare attached to said container, said spring means being biased towardsat least one of said forms passing between said spring means and saidcentral portion of said partitioning means, manual release handle meansattached to said spring means, slot means located in said cabinet, saidslot means permitting said release handle means to protrude therethroughfor manual operation of said lever means.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,731,192 Doboi Oct. 8, 1929 2,111,825 Waechter Mar. 22, 1938 2,167,893Kinney Aug. 1, 1939 2,617,666 Uline Nov. 11, 1952

1. AN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER, INCLUDING A CABINET HAVING A TOP AND DOWNWARDLY DEPENDING SIDE WALLS AND END WALLS, A WRITING OPENING IN SAID TOP, SAID CABINET HAVING AN OPEN BASE, A Z-SHAPED PARTITIONING MEMBER ADAPTED TO BE PRESSURABLY AND REMOVABLY RECEIVED INTO SAID OPEN BASE OF SAID CABINET, SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER BEING ADAPTED TO BE CONTAINED SUBSTANTIALLY ENTIRELY WITHIN SAID CABINET, SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER BEING FORMED OUT OF ONE LONGITUDINAL SHEET OF MATERIAL FORMED IN A DOUBLE HAIR PIN BEND, UPPER PORTION OF SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER BEING SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL AND LOCATED DIRECTLY ADJACENT AND BENEATH SAID WRITING OPENING, SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER HAVING A CENTRAL HORIZONTAL PARTITION JOINED TO SAID WRITING TABLE BY A FIRST HAIR PIN BEND, SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER HAVING A BASE PORTION JOINED TO SAID CENTRAL PORTION BY A SECOND HAIR PIN BEND LOCATED AT OPPOSITE END OF SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER IN REGARD TO SAID FIRST HAIR PIN BEND, RETAINING MEANS INSIDE SAID CABINET ADAPTED TO COOPERATE WITH RETAINING MEANS ON SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER TO PRESSURABLY AND REMOVABLY RETAIN SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER IN SAID CABINET, CARBON PAPER RETAINING MEANS LOCATED IN SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER, A CHAMBER FORMED BETWEEN SAID BASE PORTION AND SAID CENTRAL PORTION ADAPTED TO RECEIVE A PACK OF SETS OF ENDLESS FORMS, AND STOP MEANS LOCATED ON SAID PARTITIONING MEMBER ADAPTED TO LOCATE INDIVIDUAL SETS OF SAID ENDLESS FORMS IN WRITING POSITION, SAID WRITING PLATE AND SAID CENTRAL PORTION FORMING A STORAGE CHAMBER FOR USED FORMS, AND STOP MEANS ADAPTED TO PERMIT INSERTION OF FORMS THROUGH OPEN END OF SAID STORAGE CHAMBER FOR USED FORMS YET PREVENT SAID USED FORMS FROM INADVERTENTLY BEING DISCHARGED THROUGH SAID OPEN END. 